Nigaºµhan±µaputtav±do

176. “Ekamid±ha½, bhante, samaya½ yena nigaºµho n±µaputto tenupasaªkami½ upasaªkamitv± nigaºµhena n±µaputtena saddhi½ sammodi½. Sammodan²ya½ katha½ s±raº²ya½ v²tis±retv± ekamanta½ nis²di½. Ekamanta½ nisinno kho aha½, bhante, nigaºµha½ n±µaputta½ etadavoca½– ‘yath± nu kho im±ni, bho aggivessana, puthusipp±yatan±ni…pe… sakk± nu kho, bho aggivessana, evameva diµµheva dhamme sandiµµhika½ s±maññaphala½ paññapetun’ti?

177. “Eva½ vutte, bhante, nigaºµho n±µaputto ma½ etadavoca– ‘idha, mah±r±ja, nigaºµho c±tuy±masa½varasa½vuto hoti. Kathañca, mah±r±ja, nigaºµho c±tuy±masa½varasa½vuto hoti? Idha, mah±r±ja, nigaºµho sabbav±riv±rito ca hoti, sabbav±riyutto ca, sabbav±ridhuto ca, sabbav±riphuµo ca. Eva½ kho, mah±r±ja, nigaºµho c±tuy±masa½varasa½vuto hoti Yato kho, mah±r±ja, nigaºµho eva½ c±tuy±masa½varasa½vuto hoti; aya½ vuccati, mah±r±ja, nigaºµho [nigaºµho n±µaputto (sy±. ka.)] gatatto ca yatatto ca µhitatto c±’ti.

178. “Ittha½ kho me, bhante, nigaºµho n±µaputto sandiµµhika½ s±maññaphala½ puµµho sam±no c±tuy±masa½vara½ by±k±si. Seyyath±pi, bhante, amba½ v± puµµho labuja½ by±kareyya, labuja½ v± puµµho amba½ by±kareyya; evameva kho me, bhante, nigaºµho n±µaputto sandiµµhika½ s±maññaphala½ puµµho sam±no c±tuy±masa½vara½ by±k±si. Tassa mayha½, bhante, etadahosi– ‘kathañhi n±ma m±diso samaºa½ v± br±hmaºa½ v± vijite vasanta½ apas±detabba½ maññeyy±’ti So kho aha½, bhante, nigaºµhassa n±µaputtassa bh±sita½ neva abhinandi½ nappaµikkosi½. Anabhinanditv± appaµikkositv± anattamano anattamanav±ca½ anicch±retv± tameva v±ca½ anuggaºhanto anikkujjanto uµµh±y±san± pakkami½.